Icinga 2 Fundamentals

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With this Icinga 2 fundamentals training you will get an overview of the new configuration format. You will gain in-depth inside in the Open Source Monitoring software Icinga, its add-ons as well as the monitoring of modern IT infrastructure. Best practices and the brand new Icinga Web 2 are also a big part of that training.

With this Icinga 2 fundamentals training you will get an overview of the new configuration format. You will gain in-depth inside in the Open Source Monitoring software Icinga, its add-ons as well as the monitoring of modern IT infrastructure. Best practices and the brand new Icinga Web 2 are also a big part of that training.

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Installation of Icinga 2 and Icinga Web 2

• Install and configure Icinga 2 packages


• Installation of Monitoring Plugins


• Setting up the database for the DB IDO feature


• Configuration validation and troubleshooting hints


• Install Icinga Web 2 step by step using the web setup wizard

Icinga remote clients

• Classic remote clients by example (NRPE, SSH, SNMP, NSClient++)


• Icinga 2 Agent as remote node and command execution bridge


• Troubleshooting & scenario discussion

Configuration basics and best practices

• Overview of the Icinga 2 configuration language


• Main configuration, constants and global definitions


• Icinga Template Library, object and value types


• Best practice on configuration structure


• Constants, Templates and Custom Attributes


• Check commands and plugin integration by example


• Add your hosts and apply services based on patternsGroup membership


• Alert Notifications and Dependencies for network reachability

Graphing Addons

• Installation of PNP4Nagios


• Integration with Icinga 2’s PerfdataWriter feature


• Seamingless integration into Icinga Web 2

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